"He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life."

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."

"We pardon to the extent that we love."

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

"Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive."